about these two bars
| Rhythm | Bars | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Slip jig | 16 | E Minor |
These two bars are the start of my transcription of how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording Ch 2 (details in the Discography below).
DiscographyHere are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc. They are listed in order of when they were recorded.
| Year Recorded |
Track #Tune |
[Album code] Artist. Title. Primary musicians (instruments). |
|---|---|---|
| ~1919 | 28#1 | [PT] Patsy Touhey. The Piping of Patsy Touhey. Patsy Touhey (pipes). |
| 1969 | 10#1 | [Ch 2] The Chieftains. 2. Michael Tubridy (flute, concertina, whistle), Seán Potts (whistle), Paddy Moloney (pipes, whistle), Martin Fay (fiddle), Peadar Mercier (bodhrán, bones), Seán Keane (fiddle). |
| ~1987 | 10#3 | [A 1] Frankie Kennedy and Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh. Altan. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Frankie Kennedy (flute). |
| 1992 | 14#1 | [DOEI] various. Dear Old Erin's Isle. Irish Traditional Music from America. |
| ~1994 | 1#1 | [NMCMM] various. The Northern Meeting. Celtic Music in Milwaukee. |
| ~1996 | 10#2 | [Sol 1] Solas. Solas. Seamus Egan (flute, whistle, guitar, pipes, bodhrán, vocals), Karan Casey (vocals), John Doyle (guitar, vocals), Winifred Horan (fiddle, vocals), John Williams (accordion, concertina, vocals). |
| ~1996 | 7#2 | [JK 3] James Kelly. Traditional Irish Music. James Kelly (fiddle). |
| ~2000 | 7#4 | [A AS] Altan. Another Sky. Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (fiddle, vocals), Ciaran Tourish (fiddle, whistle, vocals), Dermot Byrne (accordion), Ciaran Curran (bouzouki), Mark Kelly (guitar, vocals), Dáithi Sproule (guitar, vocals). |
BibliographyHere are all transcriptions of this tune under any title whatsoever – considering only the indexed books – listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are very similar to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.
| As tune #66 in [CRE 1] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 1. |
| On page 220 of [M2] Phil Rubenzer. Midwestern Irish Session Tunes. Millennium Edition. |
| As slipjig #15 in [Cobb] Dan Cobb. Cobb's Music of Ireland. |
If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?